Wells High School - Crimson and Gray Yearbook (Southbridge, MA)

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EDITORIALS Again Christmas greets us with its mes- sage of peace and good will. Once more we recall the story of the birth of Christ among the Bethlehem hills ; once more Ave meditate on the mystery of the redemption of man- kind. To all of us Christinas is a time of good cheer; let us strive also to make it a time of peace. We must not allow ourselves to become overburdened with the obligation of giving, for more to be appreciated is the spirit in which a gift is given, than the gift itself. Let us remember this and repeat the joys of Christmas time without its sorrows and tragedies. Let us truly join in the angel ' s song of Glory — Peace — Good-will. ' ' D. Dartt, ' 21. The Crimson and Gray extends holiday greetings to its readers. May their Christ- mas be a merry one, and may the New Year bring to them all its blessing ' s. The Crimson and Gray is starting its third year of success. The first year was an experiment and the paper was only type- written, but it was greatly appreciated by the students. Last year, our second attempt, was even more enthusiastically accepted. We all combined with the staff both in giving material and also in subscribing to the pa- per. The Crimson and Gray will be pub- lished four times this year. We must make the paper a success. Will the students in this school make every effort to help? Get busy writing stories and jokes! We can not have a school paper unless we have financial support and enthusiasm. D. Law, ' 20. THRIFT What is the ordinary topic of conversation today? The high cost of living. In general we blame the war for the increase in prices of commodities, and without doubt we are right. But now that the war is over; now that economic conditions are becoming alarming, we should all remember that each of us might perhaps help to right conditions, in a measure. The word thrift will help to solve the problem. People have been getting such high wages during the war that they have become extrav- agant and now they will not be satisfied with lower pay. The result is just one strike after another. People must realize the necessity of thrift, and be satisfied with lower wages before the high cost of living can go down. By continuing to demand higher wages, they are simply boosting the high cost of living. Our nation has achieved its present devel- opment through thrift. In the early days of our history Benjamin Franklin instilled into our minds the necessity of frugality. At the present time the name Hoover is synonymous with living. And surely now, when economic conditions are assuming a very threatening aspect we, as a nation, should do our best to cut down our expenses. Europeans have had an idea that Amer- icans were wasteful. This war has shown them that we can be economical. We have won their respect by the capable way in which we handled the food problem during the late ciisis. Are we going to lose that respect by plunging our country into a civil economic war? During our period of recon- struction our motto should be thrift; we should buy War Savings Stamps; and we should not sell our Liberty Bonds. Muriel Grimioade, ' 21. Getting out a school paper is no joke. If we print jokes folks say we are silly — if we don ' t, they say we are too serious! If we publish original matter, they say we lack variety. If we publish things from other papers, they say we are too lazy to write. If we study hard we ought to be out rustling for news — if we rustle for news we are not attending to lessons. What is a poor editor

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■ Behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

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THE CRIMSON AND GRAY (o do, anyhow? Probably some one will say we swiped this from an exchange. Well, we did! This is a good time for resolutions for the school year. Make them and keep them. Re- member that well begun is half done. Don ' t go around looking for trouble. Trouble has your address and will look you up without any invitation. We wish to thank Mrs. Mary E. Wells for her kindness to The Crimson and Gray, and to the Athletic Association. School spirit in our High School may be compared to a flivver. A long time is re- quired to get both started, and then neither keeps going very long. We can not expect to have good teams unless we support them. Buy a season ticket for basketball. Then you will not only get out of the long line waiting to buy tickets before every game, but you help the Athletic Association. Our faculty should set us a good example in this respect. It is just as bad (from a pupil ' s point of view) for a teacher not to go to a basketball game, as it is for a pupil to go to a class with unprepared lessons. James Ryan, ' 23. THE SOUTHBRIDGE VOCATIONAL SCHOOL Textile Courses for Day and Evening Students to Start Monday, January 5th, 1920 With the re-opening of school on January fifth the Vocational School will offer courses in textile training to all interested in the industry. In order that everyone may have a chance to enter this course, classes are to be held daring the day and evening. The day course as outlined at present, is to cover a period of two years, and is open to all students between the ages of fourteen and twenty-five. The school is to operate on a part time basis, the students working one week in the mill and the other in school. During the school week the students will have the benefit of carrying on extension work in a room especially fitted for experi- mental textile work, under power, at the Hamilton Woolen Company. The academic side of the education, for the present, is to be carried on in the Town Hall. The evening course is open to all male students over sixteen years of age, who are actively engaged in the textile industry dur- ing the day. This course is to be held at the Hamilton Woolen Company, where two rooms have been offered for this purpose. Both courses otter unusual opportunities for advancement, and Mr. Forbes, director of the school, who has organized the courses, urges the town boys to take advantage of them. Mr. Branch, a graduate of the Lowell Textile School, who has been an instructor in that institution for the past two years, is to have charge of the new courses. Much of the success of organizing the plan is due to the efforts and courtesy of Mr. E. Benjamin Armstrong of the Hamilton Wool- en Company, where the students will be given all their practical experience. His interest and the co-operation of the mill ovei seers have made the course possible. On January fifth, Mr. Armstrong is to speak at the Town Hall on the The Present and Future of Textile Industry, at eight o ' clock. Mr. Forbes urges all boys desirous of taking the textile course, and all parents interested in the future of their boys to hear Mr. Armstrong, for he will tell them things of practical interest to their welfare. SCHOOL NOTES A High School Girls ' Glee Club was or- ganized October 3, 1919. The following of- ficers were elected: Elizabeth Earls, presi- dent; Helen Sheehan, secretary and treas urer; Frances Troy, librarian. The members are as follows: Aline Benoit, Emma Bous- quet, Mary Cheney, Isabel Corey, Margaret Connelly, Dorothy Dartt, Louise Durgin, Theresa de Sloover, Eleanor Edwards, Theck- la Fitzgerald, Constance Grant, Dorothy Hall, Marjorie Harris, Buth Jar ret, Gladys Kelley, Elizabeth Morse, Linnea Norman, Edith Olin, Beatrice Page, Irene Peabody, Irene Proulx, Helen Sheehan, Loretta Supre- nant, Dorothy Smith, Marion Walsh, Blanch Weatherhead, Dorothy White, Frances No- lan, Grace Mack, Irene Houde, Alice Wixted, Almeda Walker, Ruth Mansfield, Frances Troy, Louise Rowley, Lucille Williams, Vera Chamberlaine, Pauline Currin, Evelyn Poe- ten, Lillian Brodeur, Catherine O ' Keefe, Mil- dred Apte, Louise Clemence. The Athletic Association dance held in Edwards Hall October 17, was a success both socially and financially. The matrons were Mrs. Mansfield, Mrs. Ryan and Mrs. Morse. The hall was very artistically decora ted wit h red and gray crepe paper and red alder ber-